October 2009
1 post
A Twitter chrestomathy.
Twitter. Tweet. Tweeting. Did you see what he tweeted? I’m going to tweet that.
Follow. @-reply. I’m following @ev. I’m unfollowing @lancearmstrong. @BarackObama Congratulations on that Nobel Prize :)
Tweet. Retweet. RT. RT @piscivorous “@LisaKenney should write a Twitter chrestomathy.” Guess who’s a Tigers fan RT @shitmydadsays I wanted to see Detroit win....
July 2008
3 posts
“Michael Jackson dies in bed”
– Subject line of a spam I just got
“Because using and understanding language seems
as natural as breathing, we take...”
– From an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of five linguists. See Tighe Patton files amicus brief in the Supreme Court
June 2008
12 posts
WatchWhere the Hell is Matt? (2008) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
This is awesome, but I was still disappointed to see that it had corporate sponsorship.
“Tuesday night, it became clear that—just like losing did—winning has made Kevin...”
– I <3 KG … Kevin Garnett shows the world how to celebrate an NBA title. - By Josh Levin and John Swansburg - Slate Magazine (via meaghan)
ailiealien:
I can’t believe I missed a bench-clearing brawl! Stupid work!
Can anyone fill me in on what Youk and Manny got into it about?
Dave O’Brien on WEEI wouldn’t even say. He just kept saying that it had happened, but wouldn’t elaborate. It was weird.
UPDATE: Looks like maybe we’ll never know.
“ She: There’s still time to leave and find a non-crazy girl.
He: Not even...”
– Today’s XKCD
“Many books are screwy, a great many are dull, some are irredeemable, and there...”
– The Book Collection That Devoured My Life - WSJ.com … via LanguageHat
goosh.org - the unofficial google shell →
thinkpol:
In case you want to run google in a unix-like environment. It’s actually kind of a fun twist on the “google experience.”
Thanks for tweeting this leonnea.
I’m totally going to start using this.
We flew AirTran down to Baltimore on Friday night, and AirTran provides XM Satellite Radio. “Great!” we thought. “We’ll be able to listen to tonight’s Red Sox game! Uncle Joe will keep us company on the flight!
No such luck. The MLB Play-By-Play channel was not working. There was no audio, only score updates on a tiny screen. I thought the XM wasn’t...
“Millar will come, Red. He’ll come to Fenway for reasons he can’t...”
– This comes from one of the contest entrants on Surviving Grady – not the winner, but certainly my favorite.
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower →
(via ailiealien)
Imagine the secondary-education version of this world. That’s where I work.
WatchDude … I was there.
Soon to come, more notes on Saturday’s game.
May 2008
12 posts
Why the fourth season of Lost is the best one yet. →
I know I’ll be tuning in tonight.
“I utterly fail to see the appeal of Twitter … You can tell people what...”
– MightyGodKing once again, with some counterpoint
BusinessWeek: Why Twitter Matters →
Bonus twitter-related post
Meaghan says I should join Twitter. I say I don’t know anybody on Twitter, so there’s no point. Prove me wrong. If five people respond to this and tell me to join Twitter, or if one person makes an argument that I find convincing enough, I’ll do it. Otherwise I’ll just say I don’t need one more thing to log in to.
… to login to?
… to log into?
Ah...
“[T]o Red Sox fans who have watched him grow up, Jon Lester isn’t just...”
– From Cursed to First. I’m glad someone said it.
Tired of Win XP, thinking about Linux. Anybody read this thing and have an opinion?
I’m worried about what would happen to the music I bought from iTunes, and also about watching TV online (through abc.com and netflix) if I can’t run explorer.
“It’s nice to have friends. Without them, how would we ever find Internet video...”
– Blake Stacey, in the course of a blog post with a very cool video
“The dog man despised me for not being born here. He despised me for living down...”
– The wisdom of Jason Taylor, age 13, from Black Swan Green
April 2008
21 posts
WatchVia Surviving Grady
“WELCOME TO THE COALITION.
As bouldering culture spreads and takes root...”
– This is the copy on the packaging for Black Diamond’s Forearm Trainer. I was hoping for recommended exercises, but no, I get new-agey bullshit instead.
“If Apple, Amazon, Google, Yahoo!, eBay, Facebook, and Satan were forming a...”
– How Netvibes helped me cram the whole internet onto a single screen, by Reihan Salam
I’ve never had a meme-worthy blog before. Here’s the one-word meme:
You’re feeling: relaxed
To your left: pasta
On your mind: baseball
Last meal included: mustard
You sometimes find it hard to: motivate
The weather: lovely
Something you have a collection of: comics
A smell that cheers you up: cookies
A smell that can ruin your mood: lotion
How long since you last...
Your Slogan Should Be
Daniel. Hand-built by Robots.
The Slogan Generator
Via Floor 22.
Too much, too soon: 20 respectable rock and rap... →
Save some of these for later.
Surviving Grady - Good Thing Nomar Was Around →
An oldie but a goodie
Cursed to First - "That is the mystery of grace:... →
My Fenway Opening Day Fantasy - Surviving Grady →
Chatting while following the game on gameday - top...
meaghan: dude, bases are loaded! no good!
Daniel: hewalkedthebasesloadedwithtwoout!!!
(phew) there's the strike zone ......
meaghan: aaahhhh!
Daniel: nggggggg
meaghan: come on...
Daniel: daisuke! shouldn't do that to us
meaghan: i wonder who's in line to inherit official red sox grandpa status when pesky finally meets his maker?
because he does everything
Daniel: he's got to come out for the 7th
meaghan: also, phew.
that was wicked.
Daniel: um ... they're going to dye dennis eckersley's mustache white
they'll give it to remy, freeing up room for .. you know
they'll bring ted williams' head out of the freezer
-----
For the record, "You know" means "Replace him with Kevin Millar."
palabea.net :: the speaking World :: →
I found this from a link on Facebook. Remains to see if it will be interesting at all.
Local council in shock challenge to Catholic dogma →
“Q: Has looking at the numbers prevented you from actually just enjoying a summer...”
– From the Freakonomics blog, via Joy of Sox
“Flowbe salesman: It sucks as it cuts! Wayne: Well, it certainly does suck!...”
– Wayne’s World